Frederic Kopp teaches elementary German language courses and “Reading German for Research Purposes." He is also working as an exam designer and grader for the Academic Reading Comprehension Assessment program (ARCA).
Intellectual Profile
Frederic Kopp is originally from Hamburg, Germany, and completed his undergraduate studies at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, before moving to Chicago in 1991, in order to work on his M.A. In 2001, he received his Ph.D. in German and Modern European History from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He has taught at DePaul University, Columbia College Chicago, as well as Lewis University, and also worked as a freelance German translator and interpreter for over 10 years. His main field of interest and research is 20th century German cultural history, especially film and expressionist art of the Weimar period, as well as youth culture and rock music in West Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s. He has published various articles on topics of German popular culture and is currently working on a book about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German reunification.
Teaching
- GRMN 10201 (Elementary German 2),
- GRMN 10300 (Elementary German 3),
- GRMN 33333 (Reading German for Research Purposes)